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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “So they committed much corruption therein”

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The questioner:
This is a man who asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And increased therein the corruption.فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
[Al-Fajr 89:12]


The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
He asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted
And increased therein the corruption.فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
[Al-Fajr 89:12]
?

The Shaykh:
Sins.
And increased therein the corruption.فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
[Al-Fajr 89:12]
means sins, because sins are corruption on earth.
And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformationوَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَاحِهَا
[Al-A'raf 7:56]
, yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد (89-1) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:37)

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